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So the opposition party’s are, when pressed, always telling us how they value the police service and what they would
be giving to us if they were in power.

At the same meeting a letter was shown from the then shadow Home Secretary Theresa May MP dated January 2008.

She has the Gaul to say she shares the outrage of the dishonourable way in which the Home Secretary (Jacqui Smith)
has treated the police. She says the Home Secretary has shown disrespect verging on contempt for you the police.

She then has the audacity to say “her failure to honour the arbitration pay award has done severe damage to police morale;
it amounts to a betrayal of trust”

Well our prime minister has certainly learnt a lot in 10 years with regards to severe damage to the police service
and yes I totally agree she has and indeed her party have completely damaged the police service as a whole, not just
Merseyside.

With a poor pay award Cost of living increasing and Christmas only just around the corner, Merseyside Police Federation
have been made aware of data compiled from a number of sources which show Merseyside Officers are the worst in
the country with regards the financial security and debt.

I would urge any officer who feels they are financially struggling not to bottle it up, don’t get pay day loans with ridiculous
interest rates but seek advice and help from Kinsella Clarke, charted accountants who are retained by the Police
Federation and provide, free of charge, a range of financial advice services to members of the Group Insurance Scheme
including debt advice.

Your call to them is completely confidential and they will treat you with the utmost dignity. Please don’t suffer in silence.

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